Oil burner for heating stoves and the like



Aug. 20, 1935,

3 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Aug. 20, 1931 CDCl-JCZDCD :D :Dammi FIG.

Aug. 20, 1935. A. W. RICHARDSON OIL BURNER FOR HEATING STOVES AND THE LIKE Aug. 20, 1935. A. W. RICHARDSON 2,911,982

OIL BURNER FOR HEATINGA STOVES AND THE LIKE Filed Aug. 2o, 1951 5 sheets-sheet 5 :CDS E :bassa y C?? W Paestum 20,1935 p 2,011,982

'- f .e 2,011,982` f oILjBURNER- FOR HEATING STOVES l. AND THELIKE l Arthur Whittaker' RichardsonjLondon; England assignorf to' The. Asiatic-Petroleum Company VLimitetb London, England` t, p Application August vzo, 1931, serial No. 55s-,343V

In Great-'Britain September 10, 1930 v 3zGlams. (C11. 12de- 9.6) 1, The invention relates toA Wick burners such as puter wick tubesZ, 3, the wick dipping into "anusedin oil stoves v'for heating purposes. ASuch oilfcontainer 4 vsupported in a lower casing 5` to burneraas usually constructed, comprise an an- 'which is pivoted a canopy'. f Y A nular wickguide, a central air channel sur- 'I is a radiant element-,Yin the form of a wire I rounded bythe wick guide, a spreader -arranged fm'esh vor gauze mantle, which is heated by'sthe 5 for guiding the primary `air flowing through the flame; the canopy is provided with a mica or e central air channel onto the llame and a cone other panel 8 Vthrough which the mantle 'I is surrounding the flame. Heat is conducted visible,' and with a reflector 9 which reects rathrough the metal parts ofthe burner to the updiated heat.V The mantle is preferably detachably 10 per end of the Wick so as to vaporize the oil, mounted in the canopy so as to permit its easy l0 which consecutively burns with a blue, non-raremoval and replacement; to eiect this, the man-1 e di-atingflame; .tle is secured to a ring Ill formed with cut-away The object of the invention is to provide an parts Il which enable the ring to be slipped 'over' arrangement for distributing part of the heat retaining tongue pieces I2 secured to a dished of combustion from a non-pressure feed oil burnor conical plate I2', and then to be turned so that 15 er by radiation as distinct from conduction and the uncut parts of the ring lie over the tongues,

convection. `the ring being preferably provided withi finge According to the present invention there is pieces I3. e v provided a radiant element, preferably in the 'In order to ensure a complete combustion, priform of a Wire gauze mantle heated byl a blue mary air for supportingcombustion is distributed 20 flame burner. Y at different heights to the wick flame; this is ef- According to a further featureof the invenfected by `providing a spreader comprising two tion the burner is modified so as to supply a' vperforated discs I4, I5 of vconvex form, and an suiicient quantity of air to the llame to ensure upper concave disc I6, the discs being secured to complete combustion. The usual spreader is a central tube I'I. The area of the perforations 25 altered so as to distribute the primary air at difin the upper disc I5 is smaller than the area of fent heights of theilame. In onerform .of conthose in the lower disc I 4, so that the air is caused struction the spreader comprises two or more to flow out evenly distributed at the periphery perforated discs, the total area. of the openings of the spreader elemerll'f- The Primary eil iS Supin the discs decreasing upwardly so as tov cause pliedl through JGlue inner Wick tube 2 which iS 30 the primary m- 1-,01 flow out evenly distributed cooled thereby and is provided with skeleton supat the periphery and/ or at the top of the spreader ports I8 n'which the central tube IT is Slidably element. The usual cone for secondary air is mounted. altered so as to supply this secondary air through The "mantle and Spreader are S0 eSgned a perforated metal dished or conical form at a as t0 Conduct a Suicient amount of heat 35 point adjacent to the flame, so that the air is t0 the Wick guide, as Will VepDrZe enoughoil t0 used enioientiy without disturbing the equilibriburn satisfactorily without the Wick protruding, um of the flame. so that the Wick will need no'attention over very The Wire gauze mantle may be fixed at its unlong Periodsj 40 der rim to the upper part of thisfdished or conical The SeCOn-euy eil Supply DeSSeS thrOugh an 40 metal form. annular gap formed between the fuel container e The spreader discs and ring are mounted on a 4 and the 10Wer bee@ 5, through e perfOrated vertical rod, .mounted in guides so that it may be Cylinder I9 spaced apart from the outer .Wick vertically moved but may be kept 1n a. xed potube past the upper end 0f the Outer Wick tube 3.

sition during working. and thence to a zone adjacent to the top of the 45 Furthermore, the burner may be provided with wick and also through a perforated dished or a device to stop the wick at its maximum working conical member 2D to a zone adjacent to the flame,

height, this arrangement providing an efficient air sup- Y 'Ihe invention is illustratedinthe accompanyplyy Without disturbing the equilibrium of the ing drawings, Y Y flame, and also maintaining thefuel container 50 y In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section, and the outer wick tube cool. partly in elevation, Figure 2 a detail View to a The mantle serves the purpose of not only raf larger scale, and Figure 3 a" detail view. Figure diating heat but also of effecting the complete 4 is an elevational view with parts in section. combustion of vapour which may not be com- I is an annular wick located between inner and pletely burnt at the region of the. wick. 5

wheel 25 engaging apertures formed in a Wick rying tube 26 which is slidably mounted the outer Wick tube 3 and Whose upper end engages a shoulder formed by a reduction in the diameter of the outer wick tube and thereby limits the;

movement of the Wick, the spindle being provided with an actuating knob 21. shown in the drawings, thespindle isalso prof vided With an arm 28 with Whili coi-opent@ a striking rod 29 so as automatically to determine the height of the Wick when the canopy `is moved intepesitien- ,A'lheraisine 0f the spreader ieet- Hfeeies when lighting burner ,inl Order te facili.-

tate such lighting. The lever renders such` liftige or raising of thev spreader quite easy.'

The mantle is manufactured .by a methed which .ie euch as net-te place the material, preferably In the arrangement Monelv metaLrfrom which the mantle is formed under tension or under substantial tension, the mantle being merely bent into shape and being retained in'shape by its rim.

In Figure 4 a hinge 30 is shown by means of Whichthe canopy 6 is connected to the base 5 and he'ah L3! illuSi'lateShPv! its looked irl-position@ n Y `WhatI claim is:

1. An oil heating stove comprising a base, a canopy hingedly connected to said base, an oil 'container `arranged in said base and carrying a Wick burner, and a. cap-shaped gauze mantle de- `taehablymounted in said canopy so as to lie in .Y the proximity o f `the burner when the canopy is iin its normal position and be moved away therefrom when the canopy is turned for lighting the i' 'oil heating stove according to claim 1 ARTHUR"WHIT'IeKERRLCHAaDsQm 

